Reel-holder.



J., P. WEAVER.

REEL HOLDER. APPIJOATION FILED DOT. 17, 1908.

934,114. Patented se t.14,1909.

in II/ III/I nnrrn era-s JOHN P. WEAVER, F TEBRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

BE'ELeHlOLDEB.

Speeifieetionof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '14:, 1209.

Application filed October 17, 1908. Serial No. 458,213.

and useful Improvements in Reel-Holders,

- of which the following is a specification.

a safety pm My invention relates to certain new and useful iin iroveinents in reel holders, particularly to the closed inatfhe patent of my invention is to simplify, cheapen an improve the details of construction shown in i said patent. It is to be understood, however, g that while these details of construction are for use in connection particularly adapted holder shown in said with the form of reel put out,

ers and the like if found desirable. Wlth these and other objects in view my invention consists in certain constructions,

combinations and arrangements of ,parts the preferred form of which will be first. (10- scribed UI'GOIIIXGCtlOII with .the accompanying drawin s and then the invention particularly po nte out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the parts of my device se 3.1'3.,l'.8d.f10ll1 each other;

2 .isa centre cross sectional view showing the parts assembled. Fig. 3 is a see ti-ona'l view partly broken away, the section being taken just beneath the cover plate of the reel. .Fig. 4 is a view of the inner portion of'the back plate and'the "reel removed therefrom, showingthe portion of the reel which, when the parts are in position, faces the back late. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view oft e back plate,

1- designates-a back plate provided with an upwardly extending flange 2 and 3 is a post secure at one side of the center of the back plate upon which the reel 4 is journaled. The back plate is preferably provided with 5 secured .to the back thereof, whereby it may be attached to the apparel of the person using the same. The pin is secured in position by stamping out from the body of the back plate a pair of loops 6 throughwhich the body portion 7 of the pin is passed before the pin engaging hook has been turned up into shape.

The post 3 is preferably secured in the back plate by forming; the post with a reand. type of reel holders disgranted to me April 21, 5 1908, No. 885,115, and the primary object their use is not limited to such formi of construction, but that they may be usedf in connection with other forms of reel holdout of the body of the back duced end 9 adapted to pass thro'uo'h an opening in the back" plate andthcn Expat ling the end of the reduced portion of the ost, as shown at 10 The post ispractically riveted into position in the plate of tongues, preferably tour.

which are struck plate and extend up around the post 3. These tongues are a apted to engage the free end of the coil spring by means of which the drum is act1iated in a inanner to be hereinafter described. 12 designates a tongue out in the flange 2 of the back plate, said tongue being adapted to forin a hinge for the reel-holdingpawl 13, the .pawl being provided near its back end with a slot 1 1 through which the tongue 12 loosely passes. The free end of the tongue, after passing. through the slot 1 1, is'bent down against the side of the flange so as to loosely, yet securely, retain the pawl in position. The outer end of the pawl is notched, as shown at 15, forming two fingers 16 and 17. Preferably, and as sh0wn,'th e finger 17 is bent inwardly, and its free end consequently stands nearer the center of the back plate than the end of the finger 16.

The reel 1 comprises the plate 18having the up-turned flange 19 forming a sleeve upon which the chain of the reel is adapted to be wound,

2O designates flange 21, which plate is 18 by means of-tongues up from the plate 20, and which are passed through openings cut in the plate 18 and then ent down, as best shown in Fig. 2, whereby the plate 20 is secured to the plate 18, with the flange 21 extending oppositely to the flange 19.

23 designates a plate -secured on the upper a plate provided with a.

edge of the flange 19 by means of the tongues plate 20, whereas the diameter of the plate 18 with its flange 19 is considerably less.

These three pieces therefore form a reel of which the flange 19 forms a central sleeve about whichmay be wound a cord or chain. The plates 19, 20 and 23 are centrally perforated, as shown at 25, into which the post 3 extends, and whereby the reel is journaled 11 are a plurality secured to the plate 22, which are struck.

e diameter of the plate 23 is substantially the same as the diameter of the tothe back-plate. Preferably I strike up a Y enga circular raised portion 26 in the plate 23 ad jacent the opening 25 therein, this raised portion being adapted to lie closely adjacent to the inner side of the flan ed cover 27,. which is adapted to slip over tie flange 2 of the back plate.

' 28 designates a chain or cord whichis secured at one end to the reel by means of the tongue 29 that is struck from the body of the plate 23 and bent inwardlylto lie parallel with the flange 19 and by which the inner end of the'chain is secured.

Within the flange 21 of the 'plate 20 I mount -the helical spring '30, one end of which is connected to the flange by providing the flange with-a finger 31 formed by makin two parallel cuts in the flange, the finger eing engaged by a loop 32 forn-ied in the outer end of the spring. The inner end oi the spring "is provided with a hook portion 33 adapted toengage with one or more 34 the end of the finger 1.6 will be nearly in back plate and reel journaed on the post, and a helical contact with the side of the flange 21. It .35

will be understood that, as in my prior construction, the chain 28 on leaving the drum passes through the notch in the end ofthe pawl 13, and thenthrough an open slot 35 cut in the flange 2, and then through a s10 36 cut in the flange 37 off-the cover Q7. a

When the parts are assembled in the manvner described the operation of the reel is the same as that described in my Letters Patent above referred to. The present construction, however, is cheaper to manufacture,

more durable, and operates with more certainty than the particular form of construction described in said patent.

I realize that,considerablc variation is possible in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore .do not intend to limit myself to'the specific form shown and described except as required by the scope of theappended claims.

What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is-- a 1. A reel holder comprising a back plate, a postrigidly secured to the back plate, a plurality of ton ues stamped up from the Iocated around the post, a

back plate adjacent thcpost.

is secured tot-he back plate. W

under the influence of the spring located within the reel and having 1 its ends connected to the tongues of the back plate and the reel respectively- 2. A reel holder conipr -s ngabaek plate, a post rigidly secured to the back plate, a

reel journaled on the post, said reelbeing formed of a central portion and two side plates, one of said side plates being provided with a flange, a helical spring located within the flange and provided on its'outer end with aloop, one portion of said flange having a pair of slots cut therein to form a finger engaging the loop of the spring, and means for securing the inner end of the spring to the 3. A reel comprising a late I having 7 "a 1 flange, tongues formed on t e edge of said -flange, a second plate provided with openings through which the tongues pass, whereby the plate is secured to the-flange, and a third plate provided with tongues adapted to pass through openings formed in the.first mentioned plate, whereby said plates are connected together.

t. A. reel holder comprising alcasing, a reel formed of a central sleeyeand two side plates journaled in thecasing, one of said plates being provided with a flan 'ean'd the other of said plates having a notch cutin its periphery, a pawl notched at its outer end to form two fingers, one of said fingers being bent inwardly and adapted for enga ement 'with the notch of the plate, a spring ocated within said flange, adapted to rotate the reel in one direction, a cord adapted tobe wound on the reel, the pawl being positioned and arranged so that the cord willipass through the notch thereof, and the movement of the cord 'will'throwthe bent fingerof the pawl into and out of engagement with the notch.

5, Areel formed of a central sleeve, plates secured to o posite ends of said-sleeve, a tongue struc 'fronrone of'said plates and bent to lie adj aeent to said sleeve, and a cord attached to said tongue whereby it is adapted to be wound upon said'sleeve.

(i. A reel holder comprising having an upturned flange, a reel journaled on the back plate, said reel being provided with a notch in its periphery, a spring secured to the back plate and the reel to rotate the same in one direction, a cord adapted to a back plate be wound on the reel, a tongue struck from v the flange of the back portion and'a pawl adapted to engage the notch in the reel and mounted on said tongue.

In testiinon I whereof I aflix signature 4 two witnesses. JOHN P-. WEAVER. Witnesses: p

FRANK P. ANSHUTZ,

OnnLL. VYEAVER.

in presence 0 

